Staff Fighting

The features discussed here may be implemented in future issues and are subject to change before release.

Overview

Staff Fighting is a purchasable melee powerset released with Issue 22. It is a primary power set for Scrappers, Brutes and Stalkers, and as a secondary power set for Tankers. This premium power set is available for ??? Paragon Points on the Paragon Market for Free and Premium Players; VIP Players must also purchase this set.

Power Tables

Brute

Staff Fighting is available as a primary set for Brutes. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Mercurial Blow	1	Melee, Light DMG (Smash), Foe -DEF
	Precise Strike	1	Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Disorient
	Guarded Spin	2	Melee (Cone), Moderate DMG (Smash), Self +Def (Melee,Lethal)
	Eye of the Storm	6	PBAoE Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Consumes Perfection
	Staff Mastery	8	Change Secondary Damage/Effects
	Taunt	12	Ranged, Foe Taunt, -Range
	Serpent's Reach	18	Ranged, Superior DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Innocuous Strikes	26	Melee (Cone), High DMG(Smash), Foe Immobilize, -Speed
	Sky Splitter	32	Melee, Extreme DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Disorient, Consumes Perfection

Scrapper

Staff Fighting is available as a primary set for Scrappers. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Mercurial Blow	1	Melee, Light DMG (Smash), Foe -DEF
	Precise Strike	1	Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Disorient
	Guarded Spin	2	Melee (Cone), Moderate DMG (Smash), Self +Def (Melee,Lethal)
	Eye of the Storm	6	PBAoE Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Consumes Perfection
	Staff Mastery	8	Change Secondary Damage/Effects
	Confront	12	Ranged, Foe Taunt, -Range
	Serpent's Reach	18	Ranged, Superior DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Innocuous Strikes	26	Melee (Cone), High DMG(Smash), Foe Immobilize, -Speed
	Sky Splitter	32	Melee, Extreme DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Disorient, Consumes Perfection

Tankers

Staff Fighting is available as a secondary set for Tankers. The following table shows which powers are available and at what level:

	Power	Level	Effect
	Mercurial Blow	1	Melee, Light DMG (Smash), Foe -DEF
	Precise Strike	2	Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Disorient
	Guarded Spin	4	Melee (Cone), Moderate DMG (Smash), Self +Def (Melee,Lethal)
	Taunt	10	Ranged, Foe Taunt, -Range
	Eye of the Storm	16	PBAoE Melee, Moderate DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Consumes Perfection
	Staff Mastery	20	Change Secondary Damage/Effects
	Serpent's Reach	28	Ranged, Superior DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown
	Innocuous Strikes	35	Melee (Cone), High DMG(Smash), Foe Immobilize, -Speed
	Sky Splitter	38	Melee, Extreme DMG (Smash), Foe Knockdown, Disorient, Consumes Perfection

Powers

The following are powers in the Staff Fighting powerset.

Confront

Challenges a foe to attack you. Useful to pull a villain off an ally who finds himself themselves in over their head. A To Hit check required to Taunt enemy players, but is not needed against critter targtes.

Recharge	Fast
Minimum Level	12 (Scrapper)
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Taunt, -Range
Enhancements	Enhance Accuracy
	Enhance Range
	Increase Attack Rate
	Enhance Taunt Effectiveness
Set Categories	Taunt

Eye of the Storm

With a lightning fast series of spins of your staff you strike at all nearby foes dealing moderate damage with a chance of knocking foes down. While a form is active, this power will build ine level of Perfection if the user has two or less levels, if the user has three levels of Perfection it will consume them and gain some benefits. 3 Levels of Perfection of Body will cause additional smashing damage and reduce damage resistance slightly for a short time. 3 Levels of Perfection of Mind will cause additional psyonic damage and reduce attack and movement speed for a short time. 3 Levels of Perfection of Soul will cause additional energy damage and reduce defense for a short time. Critical damage isn't enhanced by levels of Perfection.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing)
Minimum Level	6 (Scrapper)
	6 (Brute)
	16 (Tanker)
Recharge	Long
Effects	Melee (PBAoE)
	Foe Knockdown, Consumes Perfection

Guarded Spin

You spin your staff like a propeller in front of you dealing Light Smashing damage to enemies in your frontal arc and defelcting any incoming attacks, thus boosting your Melee and Lethal damage briefly. While a form is active, this power build one level of Perfection.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing)
Minimum Level	2 (Scrapper)
	2 (Brute)
	4 (Tanker)
Recharge	Moderate
Effects	Melee (Cone)
	Self +Def (Melee,Lethal)

Innocuous Strikes

You repeatedly batter your foe's feet and legs with a flurry of sweeps of your staff. This attack deals Moderate Smashing damage to all foes within its cone. All affected targets will have their movement speed reduced, with a chance of being immobilized briefly. While a form is active, this power will build one level of Perfection.

Damage	High (Smashing)
Minimum Level	26 (Scrapper)
	26 (Brute)
	35 (Tanker)
Recharge	Long
Effects	Melee (Cone)
	Foe Immobilize, -Speed

Mercurial Blow

You strike your foe with a lightning fast blow from your staff dealing Light Smashing damage. The attack is so unexpected that the target's defenses are reduced slightly for a short time. While a form is active, this power will build one level of Perfection.

Damage	Light (Smashing)
Minimum Level	1 (Scrapper)
	1 (Brute)
	1 (Tanker)
Recharge	Fast
Effects	Melee
	Foe -DEF

Precise Strike

You attempt to daze your foe with a heavy staff blow to their head. Precise Strike has a higher chance to hit than normal, deals Moderate Smashing damage, and has a small chance to disorient the targte briefly. While a form is active, this power will build one level of Perfection.

Damage	Moderate (Smashing)
Minimum Level	1 (Scrapper)
	1 (Brute)
	2 (Tanker)
Recharge	Fast
Effects	Melee
	Foe Disorient

Serpent's Reach

You fully extend your staff and release a burst of energy to lash out at a distant target and deal Superior Smashing damage with a good chance to knock your target down. While a form is active, this power will build one level of Perfection.

Damage	Superior (Smashing)
Minimum Level	18 (Scrapper)
	18 (Brute)
	28 (Tanker)
Recharge	Long
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Knockdown

Sky Splitter

You leap into the air and hammer your foe with an overhead bash from your staff. Sky Splitter deals Extreme Smashing damage, will knock the target off their feet and leave them held briefly. While a form is active, this power will buildup one level of Perfection if the user has two or less levels, if the user has three levels of Perfection it will consume them and gain some benefit. 3 Levels of Perfection of Body will cause additional smashing damage and grant the user a bonus to damage resistance a short time. 3 Levels of Perfection of Mind will cause additional psionic damage and boost the user's chance to hit for a short time. 3 Levels of Perfection of Soul will cause additional energy damage and increase the user's regeneration and recovery rate briefly. Critical Hit damage isn't enhanced by levels of Perfection.

Damage	Extreme (Smashing)
Minimum Level	32 (Scrapper)
	32 (Brute)
	38 (Tanker)
Recharge	Very Long
Effects	Melee
	Foe Knockdown, Disorient, Consumes Perfection

Staff Mastery

By purchasing this power, you will gain access to the following powers: Form of the Body, Form of the Mind and Form of the Soul. Each of these toggle powers will allow the user to build up levels of Perfection, which grant the user a stacking short duration buff. Each buff is unique to the active form, and only one form can be active at a time. Perfection can be released by executing Eye of the Storm or Sky Splitter. When either of these attacks are empowered with Perfection they will have additional effects that are unique to each form. See forms for additional details.

Minimum Level	8 (Scrapper)
	8 (Brute)
	20 (Tanker)
Recharge	Fast
Effects	Change Secondary Damage/Effects

Form of the Body

This power is obtained by purchasing Staff Mastery. All Staff Fighting attacks will build a level of Perfection of Body while this toggle is active. Each level will boost the user's damage output slightly. Once the user has built up 3 levels of Perfection of Body and they execute Eye of the Storm, the attack will reduce the target's damage resistance and will deal additional smashing damage. Executing Sky Splitter with three levels of Perfection of Body will deal additional smashing damage and grant the user a moderate resistance buff for a short time.

Form of the Mind

This power is obtained by purchasing Staff Mastery. All Staff Fighting attacks will build a level of Perfection of Mind while this toggle is active. Each level will boost the user's recharge rate slightly. Once the user has built up 3 levels of Perfection of Mind and they execute Eye of the Storm, the attack will slow the target slightly and will deal additional psychic damage. Executing Sky Splitter with three levels of Perfection of Mind will deal additional psychic damage and grant the user a moderate to hit buff for a short time.

Form of the Soul

This power is obtained by purchasing Staff Mastery. All Staff Fighting attacks will build a level of Perfection of Soul while this toggle is active. Each level will grant the user an Endurance Discount. Once the user has built up 3 levels of Perfection of Soul and they execute Eye of the Storm, the attack will target's defense slightly and will deal additional energy damage. Executing Sky Splitter with three levels of Perfection of Soul will deal additional energy damage and grant the user a moderate regeneration and recovery buff for a short time.

Taunt

Taunts a foe, and some nearby foes, to attack you. Useful for pulling villains off an alliy how find themselves in over their head. Taunted foes tend to ignore other Heroes and focus on you for quite a while, so use this power cautiously. An Accuracy check required to Taunt enemy players, but it is not needed against critter targets.

Minimum Level	10 (Tanker)
	12 (Brute)
Recharge	Fast
Effects	Ranged
	Foe Taunt, -Range

Trivia

In late July 2011, a promotional video was leaked showing the different attacks of Staff Fighting. Some days later, players found out they could already pull up the power descriptions of several powers by linking the Power Names in general chat ingame.

The powerset was confirmed to be part of Issue 22 during the Player Summit on November 19th, 2011.

Historical

This section contains information about changes that took place in City of Heroes Freedom. It is provided for historical purposes.

• This set was added to the game in Issue 22/on MM/DD/YYYY.

External Links

• City of Heroes Staff Fighting Power Teaser